Friday, September 13, 2013

Baby Quilt

This past year was full of several of my friends having
babies. I guess I am at that age where people start to procreate – even though
I still don’t feel old enough to take care of another human being!

The fun part of friends having babies
(besides the cute babies) is getting to make quilts for them. Baby quilts are
the perfect size to make. Anything bigger just seems unmanageable and way too
time consuming.

One of my favorites I
finished was for my good friend Jenn’s baby girl. Jenn and her husband have a
very modern design aesthetic and picked lots of bright colors for the nursery,
which made it even more fun to make! I used solids, and free-motion quilting
that added a lot of texture. I used this fabric on the back, which helped
inspire the quilt too. A lot of people thought it looked like the Trivial Pursuit game piece, or a game spinner – not intentional, but it would be really
fun to do game inspired quilts in the future!

I was so excited to see her monthly photos taken on the
quilt. Isn’t their baby girl adorable?! She’s even bigger now and almost 7
months old!